1ST See also:DUKE OF See also:RALPH See also:MONTAGU (c. 1638-1709)
, See also:English diplomatist, was the second son of See also:Edward, 2nd See also:Baron See also:Montagu of See also:Boughton (1616-1684), whose See also:peerage was one of several granted in the 17th See also:century to different members of the Montagu See also:family (q.v.)
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See also:Sir Edward Montagu, See also:chief See also:justice of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII., was grandfather of the first See also:earl of See also:Manchester (see MANCHESTER, EARLS AND See also:DUKES ' OF), and of Edward, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton (1562-1644), who was imprisoned in the See also:Tower by the See also:parliament on See also:account of his See also:loyalty to See also:Charles I
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The eldest son of the latter, Edward, who succeeded him as 2nd baron, took the See also:side of the parliament in the See also:Civil See also:War, and was one of the lords who conducted the king from See also:Newark to Holmby See also:House after his surrender by the Scots in See also:January 1647
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He had two sons, of whom See also:Ralph was the younger
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The eldest son, Edward, was See also:master of the See also:horse to See also:Queen See also:Catherine, wife of Charles II., a See also:post from which he is said to have been dismissed by the king for showing See also:attention to the queen of too ardent a nature
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Catherine immediately appointed the younger See also:brother, Ralph, to the vacant situation, and the latter soon acquired a reputation for gallantry at the See also:court of Charles II
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He took an active See also:part in the negotiations in which See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. See also:purchased the See also:neutrality of See also:England in the war between See also:France and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland
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Having quarrelled with See also:Danby and the duchess of See also:Cleveland, who denounced him to the king, Montagu was elected member of parliament for See also:Northampton in 1678, with the intention of bringing about the fall of Danby; but, having produced letters seriously .compromising the See also:minister, the See also:dissolution of parliament placed him in such danger of See also:arrest that he attempted to See also:fly to France
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Foiled in this See also:design, he continued to intrigue against the See also:government, supporting the See also:movement for excluding the See also:duke of See also:York from the See also:succession and for recognizing See also:Monmouth as See also:heir to the See also:crown
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His See also:elder brother having predeceased his See also:father, Ralph became Baron Montagu of Boughton on the See also:death of the latter in 1684
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Notwithstanding his former intrigues he gained the favour of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. on his See also:accession to the See also:throne; but this did not deter him from welcoming See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Orange, who created him See also:Viscount Monthermer and earl of Montagu in 1689
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Montagu was no less avaricious than unscrupulous
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In 1673 he had married the wealthy widow of the earl of See also:Northumberland, See also:Elizabeth Wriothesley, daughter of the earl of See also:Southampton, who brought him a large See also:fortune; and after her death in 1690 he married the still more wealthy Elizabeth See also:Cavendish, daughter of the duke of See also:Newcastle, and widow of See also:Christopher See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
Monk, 2nd duke of See also:Albemarle
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Montagu's position was further strengthened in 1705 by the See also:marriage of his son and heir to See also:Mary, daughter of the See also:great duke of See also:Marlborough
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In the same See also:year he was raised to the dukedom as duke of Montagu and See also:marquess of Monthermer
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He died on the 9th of See also:March 1709
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His See also:London See also:residence, Montagu House, Bloomsbury, was bought by the government in 1753 to hold the See also:national collection of antiquities, and on its site was built the See also:British Museum
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The duke was succeeded by his son See also:John, 2nd duke of Montagu (1689-1749), who in 1745 raised a See also:cavalry See also:regiment known as Montagu's Carabineers, which, however, was disbanded after See also:Culloden
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He was made a K.G. in 1719, and was a See also:fellow of the Royal Society
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As neither of his two sons survived him the See also:title became See also:extinct at his death in 1749, but in 1730 his daughter Mary married See also:George Brudenell, 4th earl of See also:Cardigan (1712-1790), who on his father-in-See also:law's death assumed the name and arms of Montagu, and in 1766 was created duke of Montagu
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On his death, in 1790, this second dukedom of Montagu also became extinct; his only son, who was created Baron Montagu of Boughton, having predeceased him
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His daughter Elizabeth married Henry, 2nd duke of See also:Buccleuch, who thus acquired all the unentailed See also:property of the dukes of Montagu, the entailed portion passing to the earls of Cardigan
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See See also:Abel See also:Boyer, See also:History of the Reign of Queen See also:Anne, vol. viii
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(i [ vols., London, 1703-1713) ; Sir J
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B
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See also:Burke, Genealogical History of Dormant (&c.) Peerages (London, 1883)
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